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Here are some of the famous names on Trump’s ‘close contacts’ list

Filip Timotija and The Hill

The list of former President Trump’s “close contacts” was shown during his Manhattan hush money trial this month.

The list of 50-plus names features a bevy of business associates, celebrities, star athletes and billionaires. It was revealed during former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout’s testimony, with the contacts’ phone numbers redacted.


Some names on the list are closely tied to the ongoing case, such as Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen and David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher.

Trump faces 34 felony counts in the hush money case where he stands accused of falsifying business records related to a payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels, who alleged having a sexual encounter with him in 2006. 

Here are some famous names on the “close contact” list: 

Tom Brady, former NFL quarterback

Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speaks during the halftime ceremony of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, on Sept. 10, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)

The former NFL superstar displayed a “Make America Great Again” red cap in the locker room in 2015.

Bill Belichick, former New England Patriots coach

Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick faces reporters during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump appointed Belichick to his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition in 2018. Belichick, who led the Patriots to six Super Bowl championships, sent a letter to Trump in 2016, which the eventual president read during a rally in New Hampshire.

Bret Baier, Fox News’s chief political anchor 

Mika Brzezinski, co-host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC

Brzezinski has been one of Trump’s most vociferous critics, but he was a frequent guest on the show in 2015 and 2016 and was known to watch the program.

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Jerry Falwell Jr., former Liberty University president

Marc Kasowitz, lawyer

Serena Williams, former No. 1 women’s tennis player

Serena Williams acknowledges the crowd after losing during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sept. 2, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Williams briefly played against Trump in 2015 as a part of a tennis center opening in Virginia.

Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon 

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco. Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Steve Wynn, casino mogul 

Isaac Perlmutter, former Marvel executive

Phil Ruffin, casino owner 

Lou Rinaldi, politician 

Joe Scarborough, co-host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC

In this Oct. 11, 2017, photo, MSNBC television anchor Joe Scarborough takes questions from an audience at forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Scarborough is a former GOP congressman from Florida who left the party in part over Trump. He and his wife, Brzezinski, were frequent targets of Trump on Twitter.

Allen Weisselberg, former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization

Jeanine Pirro, co-host of “The Five” on Fox News

Jeanine Pirro stands in the hallway during a break in the trial of former President Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Victor J. Blue/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Pirro has appeared at some of Trump’s trial’s sessions. He pardoned Albert J. Pirro Jr., the Fox host’s ex-husband, in his final hour as commander in chief.